The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

My test scores should put me in scholarship contention at UConn, which has one of the top actuarial science programs in the country.” Mr. Altman frowned. “Actuarial science?” “Statistical risk assessment.” It was the closest I could come to double-majoring in poker and math. Besides, it was one of the most employable majors on the planet.

“Sometimes,” Jameson Hawthorne said, sounding strangely contemplative, “things that appear very different on the surface are actually exactly the same at their core.”

“Everything’s a game, Avery Grambs. The only thing we get to decide in this life is if we play to win.”

“Is it still a lie,” Jameson asked loftily, “if you’re masking what matters, but what you’re saying is technically true?”

“Simple is a lie,” the woman murmured. “But a beautiful one sometimes.”